The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-07
THE STATE.


week. 'ast
The Sea. coast saw mills are ino,a...
their capacity.
MOnkeytown is the name Of place n
Yazoo county. ~
The Salvation Army has invaded uou-
Springs and Nieksburg. ''0''s
The Madison county fair wifl b.. bs,,
the latter part OF October
Tunica county crops have been cpt sh.-.
% per cent, BY drought
Greenville has burglars, in adIif;o,
many other city privileges
There will be fifty white schools o,.,.4
in Pontotoc county this fall.
The cotton crop of Bolivar county
ported 10 be unusually good.
Over 60 bales of new cotton were 49,,
keted in Canton last Saturday.
Yazoo City believes in bores-pr.yi..4
they are in the direction Of an art.sisT
well.
The Southern Reporter. Published q,
Sardis, entered upon It's third wear lssI
week.
The Winons Female College opened
last Monday, with a very larye atten.
| dance.
Rev. F. II. Mounger succeeds Mr.. Brad.
ford president OF Port Gibson Female
College.
Mrs.. Louella Searles, wife of Capt. CT
Searles, died in Nicksburg on FRIDAY morn
ing last.
Gulf City, the terminus OF the Gulf and
Ship Island Railroad, has been changed to
Cult Port.
The Methodist Presbytery" is the wav
the Picayune head-liner tops a special from
Crystal Springs.
Mr.. James \. Patterson, au old and es-
teemed citizen of Yazoo county, died last
| Saturday night.
The army worm is doing considerable
damage to the cotton crop in differen; por-
lions of the State.
Rev J. L. Barnes preached his farewell
sermon IN the Greenwood Presbyterian
church on August q.
Major Walpole, former proprietor OF the
| Yazoo City Herald, has become an alder
m an of Sumterville, Ella.
Miss Annie Boyd, OF Summit, has re en-.
tered Salem Institute, \. C., where she
will graduate next year.
Ire Choctaw Plaindealer succeeds the
| Ackermsn Guardian. The Reyeile at
French Camp, has been discontinued.
Mr.. T. r. Broome, book keeper Of W. b.
Ratliff x Co, Iazoo City, died on SUNDAY
last. His remains were taken to Utica.
Mrs. John F. DArden died at the resi-
dence of her father-inlaw, Capt. Put
Darden, near Fayette, on Friday, 10Th
ult.
The North Mississippi Poultry and Pet
| Stock Association will hold their second
annual exhibition at Grenada, commenc-
ing November %.
Mr.. W. NJ. Moseley, OF Lake City, aud
Miss Hattie Wise, Of Clinton, were mar
ried September lst, at the residence OF the
brides mother.
The Natchez Banner has passed into the
hands OF Messrs. J. ii. Davis, Gerard
Brandon and VI. c. Montgomery. The
paper has been enlarged and otherwise im-
proved.
A protracted meeting at the Baptist
church, Ellisville, conducted by Rev. l.. Z,
Hall, with his daughter, Miss Alice, as or
ganist, resulted in the conversion OF seven
teen persons.
Capt. Pat. Darden, Master OF the Ma.
tional Grange, aud OF the State Grange of
Mississippi, will speak at Noxupater SEP
TENDER 20, and at Louisville, Winston
county, on 2lsI.
Rev. Mr.. Boyd closed a series of meet
ings at Poplar Greek last week, being ac-
companied by Miss Maggie Dillon, the or
ganist OF the Presbyterian church here,
who assisted in the music.-W inona Ad-
vance.
Er. j. A. Pdrkey, a prominent physi-
clan OF Houston, died on Sunday, August
Dist. He was one of the leading members
1 Il a. NJ e
Secretary of the Royal Arch Chapter
| twenty years.
Charlie Collins, c1lored, was convicted
of the murder of Peter Bethen, colored, in
Clarke county, at the recent term Of the
circuit court in that county, AMI sentenced
to be hung on Friday, Both of September.
His case will be carried to the supreme
| court.
Mrs. Josephine Barkslaie, wife OF FOua-
tain Barksdale, Esq, died of pneumonia al
| Yazoo City on Monday last. She will be
greatly missed. Her beautiful lie was
benediction to the community. None
knew her but to love her, aud none will
name her but to praise.
Mrs. Alice Sauls, wife of Mr.. W. +.
| Sauls, died at their home in this place on
last Saturday night, after severe illaess
of several weeks, OF typhoid fever On
Sunday evening, the mains, accompanied
by mourning relatives and friends, were
carried to Natchez, her native place, for
burial.-Koseiusko Messenger.
Joseph E Loftin, young white man
sentenced to the penilentiary from Law
renee county, Tor the murder Of his
brother, recently made his escape. II Is
reported that he has murdered his only re-
naming brother for testifying against
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and sister for the same reason.-Fayette
Chronicle.
Mr.. Alfred Hitler ,aud Miss Flora Hy-
man were betrothed in the presence OF
brilliant assembIage at the elegant resi-
dence of the young lady's father, Mr.. Sol
! Hyman, on Sunday evening", August y.
Our fair young friend aud school mate de-
serves all the happiness that a KIM Prov
idence may have Ia store for her.
The reunion OF the famous 18th Regi-
ment of Mississippi, will take place on
| the 10th of September. 1t will not only
be reunion of old soldiers but Of old
friends, where the table will be
| spread for every body, with amplest
welcome, and greatest Abundance.
Duck Hill is small IN limits bnt extensive
in resources, and as liberal as the fountains
OF good will.-Grenada Sentinel.
1t is thought that the cotton receipts at
| Meridian for September will equal the re-
ceipts for September and October last year.
The superior staple this year is a notcea-
bic feature. Last year il was difficult 10
get 500 pound bale from 1900 pounds Of
seed cotton. This year the same quantity
OF seed cotton will make forty to sixty
pounds more of lint. This II equivalent
TO 81 to 50 bale
| The Aberdeen Examiner notes the ar
rival in town of several loads Of hay from
the farm of Mr.. Asbury Butler, six miles
east of Aberdeen. The hay was readily
sold at good price. Mr. Butler stated
that he will make twenty-five tons OF eH'
celleut hay from the native grasses, in
Guiding pea-vine hay, and that he will
harvest more than corn enough to supply
his farm through the next year, and
yield Of cotton at least equal to tina. Of 'ast
year.
A Good Suggestion.